Favorite Literary Love Stories

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In honor of Valentine's Day 2014, the rest of the staff and I got together and compiled a list of our favorite love stories from literature. Feel free to add yours!
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Much Ado About Nothing
door William Shakespeare
10,638 leden
98 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 3
17 Members
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Jane Eyre
door Charlotte Brontë
58,861 leden
913 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 2
20 Members
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Verklaringen
: Great book, but doesn't belong on the list of great love stories.
sturlington: Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester are one of the great literary couples, who establish a marriage based on mutual respect and equality. "Reader, I married him."
4
The Princess Bride
door William Goldman
24,792 leden
530 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 5
17 Members
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Overtuiging
door Jane Austen
28,662 leden
532 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 8
12 Members
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6
De vrouw van de tijdreiziger
door Audrey Niffenegger
39,447 leden
1,271 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 6
15 Members
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7
Romeo and Juliet
door William Shakespeare
28,503 leden
279 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 4
15 Members
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8
Onrust in Oxford
door Dorothy L. Sayers
5,446 leden
149 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 10
11 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: A proposal in Latin. It doesn't get much more erudite than that.
9
Liefde in tijden van cholera
door Gabriel Garcia Marquez
27,779 leden
407 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 14
10 Members
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10
Emma
door Jane Austen
37,912 leden
505 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 9
14 Members
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Verklaringen
aulsmith : Mr. Knightly could have done much better.
11
De grote Gatsby
door F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,042 leden
1,165 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 13
12 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: That first love you never get over.
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Het nachtcircus
door Erin Morgenstern
18,391 leden
1,262 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 29
8 Members
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Laat me nooit alleen
door Kazuo Ishiguro
22,792 leden
938 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 35
9 Members
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De doornvogels
door Colleen McCullough
7,543 leden
147 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 22
9 Members
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15
Boetekleed
door Ian McEwan
26,457 leden
626 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 24
9 Members
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De woeste hoogte
door Emily Brontë
51,898 leden
699 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 7
14 Members
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De Engelse patiënt
door Michael Ondaatje
11,546 leden
174 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 27
9 Members
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18
Ster
door Neil Gaiman
21,920 leden
562 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 20
11 Members
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Een kamer met uitzicht
door E. M. Forster
11,156 leden
222 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 25
9 Members
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20
Scheepsberichten
door E. Annie Proulx
13,424 leden
249 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 28
8 Members
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21
A Midsummer Night's Dream
door William Shakespeare
19,787 leden
177 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 16
10 Members
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22
Ceders in de sneeuw
door David Guterson
12,968 leden
190 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 31
8 Members
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Obsessie
door A.S. Byatt
12,951 leden
288 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 11
11 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington : Not a favorite
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Howl's Moving Castle
door Diana Wynne Jones
12,212 leden
440 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 36
6 Members
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25
Rebecca
door Daphne Du Maurier
20,672 leden
610 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 49
5 Members
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Verklaringen
: If this is a great love story, I'm opting out of relationships for good.
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Christy
door Catherine Marshall
3,655 leden
44 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 51
4 Members
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27
The Winter's Tale (Without the Potholes)
door William Shakespeare
4,758 leden
59 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 55
4 Members
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28
Kapitein Corelli's mandoline
door Louis De Bernières
7,994 leden
155 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 47
5 Members
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29
Onder moeders vleugels
door Louisa May Alcott
26,393 leden
398 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 37
8 Members
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The Blue Castle
door L. M. Montgomery
2,947 leden
112 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 58
4 Members
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31
De rest van de dag
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,329 leden
475 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 93
3 Members
anglemark, ahef1963, Fjola,
32
Rozeknop
door Louisa May Alcott
2,694 leden
33 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 156
2 Members
foggidawn, ahef1963,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : Not as good as the first book, Eight Cousins.
33
Antony and Cleopatra
door William Shakespeare
5,486 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 61
4 Members
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34
Afscheid van de wapenen
door Ernest Hemingway
22,374 leden
243 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 76
4 Members
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Verklaringen
aulsmith : I never really felt he loved her, just that she was convenient.
35
De Reisgenoten
door J. R. R. Tolkien
54,522 leden
485 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 158
2 Members
eowynfaramir, ahef1963,merrystar
Verklaringen
eowynfaramir: Eowyn (a strong woman) and Faramir (a gentle and educated warrior) find love in Gondor while the fate of the West is decided in Mordor. Don't watch the movie! Read the Return of the King and you will appreciate their small love story in the midst of a great war.
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Noord en zuid
door Elizabeth Gaskell
7,409 leden
245 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 34
7 Members
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Psmith knapt het op!
door P. G. Wodehouse
2,197 leden
55 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 92
2 Members
Longshanks, ahef1963
38
The Knight's Tale
door Geoffrey Chaucer
138 leden
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 65
3 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963, matthewmason
39
The Hunger Games Trilogy
door Suzanne Collins
5,378 leden
132 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 72
4 Members
seasonsoflove, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,amanda4242
40
A Light in the Window
door Jan Karon
3,933 leden
35 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 98
2 Members
foggidawn, ahef1963
41
Chéri and The Last of Chéri
door Colette
1,006 leden
15 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 79
3 Members
hipdeep, alex68, ahef1963
42
De blinde huurmoordenaar
door Margaret Atwood
16,471 leden
384 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 80
3 Members
SigmundFraud, ahef1963, libelulla1
43
Middlemarch
door George Eliot
17,695 leden
330 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 68
5 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,sturlington
44
Spion aan de muur
door John le Carré
8,592 leden
239 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 53
4 Members
BookWallah, aulsmith, Artymedon, ahef1963
46
Belcanto
door Ann Patchett
13,194 leden
457 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 75
4 Members
SigmundFraud, rarm, seasonsoflove, ahef1963,eowynfaramir
Verklaringen
eowynfaramir : This book is not worth reading. The characters are not believable.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
door Thomas Hardy
19,143 leden
244 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 66
5 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Fjola, libelulla1,elkiedee
Verklaringen
elkiedee : Excellent novel, but see comments on Rebecca above - the same could be said of a few of the novels here really.